Yahoo! November 28, 2000
Fla. Man Seeks Help in Retrieving Son
WASHINGTON, 27 (AP) - A Florida man, whose ex-wife took their 5-year-old son
to Cuba without telling him, came to Washington to seek official help Monday in
getting the boy back.
Jon Colombini and his attorney met for two hours with officials at the State
Department, a department official said.
"We talked about his options,'' the official said, speaking on
condition of anonymity. The official said since Colombini is in contact with his
ex-wife and son in Cuba, the department hopes the divorced parents will work out
their differences without involving the two governments.
Colombini, 31, also hoped to meet with officials at the Cuban Interests
Section in Washington later in the day, but it was unclear whether the meeting
occurred. Neither Colombini's lawyer nor Cuban officials returned repeated phone
calls seeking confirmation.
Colombini is kitchen manager at a restaurant in Homestead, Fla., where he
lives with his second wife. He says his U.S.-born son was taken two weeks ago by
the boy's Cuban-born mother, Arletis Blanco, 29, then living in Key Largo, Fla.
A court had awarded Colombini and Blanco joint custody of the child.
In Cuba, the Communist Party daily Granma has reported the boy and his
mother are staying with relatives in the island's eastern province.
Instances in which one parent abducts a child and takes the child out of the
country are not uncommon in the United States. The State Department said this
year it had more than 1,100 active cases of such international flight.
The Colombini case has drawn interest in Florida because it follows the
highly publicized Elian Gonzalez saga. In that case, the Cuban boy's mother died
in a boat wreck as they fled Cuba to America, and Miami relatives refused to
send him home to his father because they didn't want the child to grow up in
communist-ruled Cuba. Under court orders, Juan Miguel Gonzalez took his son home
eight months after the accident on Thanksgiving Day 1999.
Finline Technologies and Grupo De La Electronica Reach Fundamental
Agreement on Cuban Joint Venture
WATERLOO, Canada--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 27, 2000--Finline Technologies Ltd.
(CDNX:FIN. - news) today announces that further to the Memorandum of
Understanding announced July 27, 2000, it has reached fundamental agreement with
Grupo de la Electronica ("Grupo''), of Havana Cuba for an Economic
Association Agreement between the parties (the "Agreement'').
The Agreement is currently awaiting approval by the Cuban Council of
Ministers, at which time the Agreement will be formally executed. Further
details of the Agreement will be announced once it has been approved and
executed.
Finline and Grupo will now move forward to secure broadband wireless system
deployments in Cuba.
At this time, Finline Technologies Ltd. also issues a correction to its
press release of November 23, 2000. In this release, the internet address given
for N5 Systems Ltd. was incorrect. The correct address is http://www.n5.com.jm
Finline Technologies Ltd. is a designer and manufacturer of broadband
wireless systems, focusing on MMDS "Wireless Cable'' solutions for the
provision of video, voice, and high speed internet services. Based in Waterloo,
Ontario, Canada, Finline has successfully deployed its systems and components
worldwide to operators in fourteen countries on five continents.
The Canadian Venture Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept
responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
Contact:
Finline Technologies Ltd.
Einar Fiskvatn, President & CEO
Tel: 519/746-1023
Fax: 519/746-1131
www.finline.com
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